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27. 7. 2024

JWOC 2024 Aftermovie

The JWOC 2024 may be in the past but you can re-live it with the official aftermovie we have just released! Enjoy and let us know in the YouTube comments what you think.

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8. 7. 2024

JWOC 2024 is over. Thank you, and come again.

Junior World Orienteering Championships 2024, hosted in the Pilsen region, are now history. The championship offered extraordinary sporting performances, several powerful stories, lots of joy, some tears, sleepless nights, and memories for a lifetime. Several tons of food were consumed, hundreds of kilometres of tape were stretched, speakers talked for […]

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Final Relays for Switzerland and Finland

The final competition day at the 2024 Junior World Orienteering Championships in the Czech Republic traditionally belonged to the relay race, in which three-member national teams competed. Each national team could enter up to two relays, which most teams took advantage of. A large starting field thus set off into […]

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5. 7. 2024

Czech double at the middle distance

The home team was once again unstoppable today at the middle distance with Lucie Dittrichová and Jan Strýček winning gold. Lucie Dittrichová was no match for anybody from the starting field, winning with a considerable lead of 1:20 min. Strýček had to fight neck-in-neck with Matthieu Buehrer (SUI) in the […]

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4. 7. 2024

Czech sweep at the Long distance

On July 3rd, 2024, Hůrky woke up to a misty, cold, and rainy morning. Despite this, what transpired in the following hours on the Long distance course in the adjacent forest is likely to remain one of the most memorable experiences in Czech orienteering for a long time. Many were […]

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2. 7. 2024

When Silver turns to Gold

On the second day of the races, the teams headed to Stříbro, which means “silver” in Czech. For the Czech team, however, the day turned into gold. Michaela Novotná ran a flawless race and won her first Junior World Champion title, ex aequo with Elli Punto from Finland. The bronze […]

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Norway takes the sprint relay

The obvious question of today’s race was – will the course run through the ZOO which is right next to the Lochotín Amphitheatre. Surely many teams spent considerable time preparing for that possibility only to find out that the ZOO area was indeed left out completely. In the end, the […]

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26. 6. 2024

Follow the Junior World Orienteering Championships LIVE on IOF TV!

The Junior World Championships in Pilsen are just around the corner, and you are probably wondering where to watch the young competitors fight for medals. The Czech Orienteering Federation is preparing live broadcasts of each race. The team, composed entirely of orienteers from all over the Czech Republic, is preparing […]

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25. 6. 2024

Bulletin 4

The most important race document for athletes and teams, Bulletin 4, has just been published. Athletes, teams, VIPs and media representatives will also receive it upon accreditation.

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11. 6. 2024

Interview: Jakub Chaloupský

This is the first year in the senior category for Jakub Chaloupský. He finished his junior years in style at JWOC 2023 in Romania where he won two golds and one silver. He keeps in touch with the junior racing and this year, at the JWOC 2024 in Pilsen, he […]

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